Multicolor manifolding sales-book.



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, UNITED sTTEs PATENT OFFICE.

WALTEB GREIG, OF NIAGABA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR '1'0 .AMERIGAN SALES BOOK COMT'AIQ'T, LIMITED, 01? TORONTO, CANADA, A. CORPORATIOH 01" ONTARI;

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MULTTUULUR MMHWULDTNH lAJLES-Illllf.

l atented Aetg". 25, 1914.

Application filed :May fil, 19153. Serial No. 700,583.

To all whom it moy concern:

Be it known that l, VVALTER Genio, a clt zen of the United Etates, residing at Niagara Falls, in the County of Niagara and State of New Yorlr, have invented certain new and usefnl lniprovements in Multicolor Manifolding Sales-Books, of which the lt'ollowing is a full, Clear, and eract description, .such as will enable others slrilled in the art to which it'appertains to make and use the sarne.

This invention relates to manifolding sales-books and the like, and with regard to certain more specific features thereof, to salesbooks in which various items ol' parts of an inscription will be readily difierentiated.

One oi' the olojects ol the present lnvention is to provide an inexpensive and prectical salesbook in which portions of the en try are readily difi'erentiated.

Another ohject is to provide a single nianifolding salesbook in which certain items or portions of items will be more prominently reproduced than others.

Another object is to provide a multi-color salesbook that will' be easy to manipulate and cheaply made.

Uther objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter. l

The invention accordngly consiste in the features of Construction, combination of eleinents and arrangement of parts which will he exemplified in the constructionvhereinafter set orth, and the sco-pe of the 'application of which will be indicated in the'fol lowing claims.

In the accompanying drawing wherein is.

shown one ofthe Varmus possible embodiinents of this invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a manifolding salesbook with a portion of the original leaf turned hack; Fi 2 is a plan View of oneside of the web rom which the book is made; T ig. 3 is a similar View of the opposite side 'of the web.

Similar reference characters reter to similar parts throughout the several Views of the drawing. i

Relierring now to the accompanying drawing in detail there is shown in Fig. 1 a pad of continnonsly lolded leaves forming a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves l and 2 respectively. A hinding 3 for the x pad extende downwardly therennder forming a rear coVer l and npwardly over the opposite end to form an upper co ver 5. The upper Cover may also be'used as a separating plato as Will appear more clear from the description hereinafter set foi-th. The leaves l and 2 which are folded in zigzag form as clearly shown in Fig. l, are Secured to the hindng strip by means of staples 6, and are provided with transverse lines of perforations 7 and 8 at the top and bottom, respectively, Whereby the leaves may be conveniently separated from the pad and each other.

Each leal?, both original and duplicate, is provided on its upper surface With printed matter acoording to the use to which the book is laced. This print/ed matter may consist ol the word Caf for instanee, as shown in the drawing, together with ruled Spaces in which the transactions may be recorded.

The hack of each original leaf is coated with manifoldng means or materials as shown in Fig. 1. For example, one portion of the coated surface is black 9 While the remaining po-rtion or po'rtions lare red. It will thus be seen that if the original leaf was returned to normal position the black portion 9 would cover that part 11 of the duplcate leaf 2 upon which the nafnes of the different dishes ordered would be reproduced, While the red portion 10 would cover the columns 12 in which the price of each dish would be recorded. The Upper part of the rear surface of the original leaf is also coated in red to cover a Square 13 marked Total 77 which appears on hoth the original and duplicate leaves in order that the .total ainount of the bill will he more readily seen.

A convenient Inethod ol operating a salesbook of this character is suhstantially as follows: The cover 5 is inserted beneath the top set of original and dnplicate leaves substantially in the position shown .in Fig. 1 in order to prevent duplicating of the items recorded on the lower sets ol? leaves. The Walter then takes the order, Writing the name of the dish in the usual place at the left of the leaf and 'the cost ol each dish in the columns at the right. Tt will be clear from the drawings 'that the transaction will be reproduced in two colors on the duplicate leal 2. Before presenting the check the total cost is stamped by the cashier in the Square 13 marked Total at the top of the lea-f, and due to the transverse strip of red across the back of the original Sheet this amount will be reproduced in that more prominent color also. The entire set of leaves is then detached from the book, the duplicate being presented to the perso-n waited upon, While the original is otherwise disposed of according to the rules of the establishment. The separating plate is then inserted beneath the next set of leaves and the book is rea-dy for subsequent operations.

Even after the first set of leaves has been detached subsequent transactions may be entered thereon, if necessary, as each set of leaves is complete in itself for making original and duplicate records of any transaction.

It is thus seen that this invention provides a simple and practical salesbook, or the like, accomplishing among others, all the objects and advantages above set forth.

As many changes could be made in the above Construction any many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof,- it is intended that allmatter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and'not in a limiting sense.

Having described my inventicn, what I claimas new and'desire to Secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A web or use in manifolding devices having manifolding materials of different colors applied in atches directly to the back thereof. r

2. A web for use in manifolding devices having a recording'surface and a series of patches of manifolding ent colors applied directly to the back thereof.

3. A leaf for a manifolding salesbook, or'

materials of differi the like, adapted to receive a. record on one side and havmg ortions of the rear surface thereof coated wlth manifolding material of different colors.

5. A set of original and duplicate leaves connected alon one edge and manifolding materials in di erent colors applied directly to the back of the original leaf.

6. In a manifoldi-ng salesbook; in combination, a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, the rear surface of each original leaf being coated with manifolding means of different colors.

7. In a manifoldin salesbook, in combination, a plurality o sets of original and duplicate leaves, the rear surface of each original leaf having patches of manifolding means of different colors-'applied directly thereto.

8. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a continuously folded web forming a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, the back of each original lea being provided with manifolding means of different colors.

9.- In a manifolding salesbook, 'in combination, a continuously olded web forming a plurality of sets of original and du licate leaves, the back of each original lea being provided With manifolding means of dif- 'erent colors, and means associated with said salesbook adapted to be inserted beneath the top set of leaves to prevent duplication upon the lower sets.

10. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a continuously folded web forming a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, the back of each original leaf being provided with manifolding means of different colors, and a. separating plate bound with the leaves of the book, adapted to be inserted beneath the top set of leaves to prevent manifolding upon a lower set.'

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses. p

WALT-ER GREIG.

Witnesses:

WM. A. PRINGLE, P. V. KELLER. r 

